What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospitalist Physician - Multiple Locations Available position at Duke?
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About Duke University Hospital
Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States and is the number one hospital in North Carolina, according to U.S. News and World Report for 2023-2024. Duke University Hospital is the largest of Duke Health's three hospitals and features 1048 patient beds, 65 operating rooms, as well as comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.
Job Location
Duke University Hospital
Job Summary
Hospitalist physicians in the Hospital Medicine Department are clinicians and/or clinician educators who provide clinical care for patients admitted at Duke University Health System hospitals. They support surgical and specialty services through consultative general internal medicine practice, as well as teach staff, graduate medical trainees, and medical students on inpatient educational rotations.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Hospitalists will engage in direct patient care activities and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of his/her overall professional responsibility within the Department. Patient care activities will include, but are not be limited to the following:
- Assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination, on-going treatment and clinical management of patients
- When necessary make referral for consultation
- Direct care planning
- Order medications and therapeutic treatments when warranted
- Authorize transfers
- Conduct risk assessment
- When appropriate, make determination of readiness and planning for discharge for inpatients in your care.
- Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/ support an open visitor-friendly environment within the hospital environment.
- Extensive and on-going communications with community primary care physicians who routinely manage the care of patients currently in your care within the hospital
- Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the patient care team
- Completes all clinical and professional records and documentation accurately and in a timely manner to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements.
- Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams
- Align your work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.
- Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Technical - Clinical training and skills as mandated by the American Board of Internal Medicine for General Internal Medicine physicians
- Non-Technical - Ability to work with others i n a cooperative, collaborative manner.
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- For clinician educators - strong clinical teaching skills.
Job Eligibility Requirements
Education
- MD or DO graduate from an accredited medical school program and completion Internal Medicine Residency.
Licensure
- Unrestricted medical license issued by NCMB.
- Federal and State prescriptive authority
Certification
- ABIM (ABIM board eligible recent or pending graduates may also apply)
Experience
Training experiences as mandated by the ABIM for board eligibility are required. Clinical and teaching experience in an inpatient healthcare environment including experience in both large academic medical center and community hospital environments is preferred but will consider new graduate.
Job Hours
- 12 hour shifts, 192 shifts per year
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